The 9 Most Expensive Celebrity Divorces Ever

Back in 2006 (and after almost 20 years of marriage) Michael Jordan and his ex-wife Juanita split. So what did divorce dollar signs add up to? Well, it's been reported that Michael paid Juanita $168 million dollars in the settlement.

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Harrison Ford had to pay his second wife Melissa Mathison a pretty penny in the aftermath of their divorce. Apparently, Melissa, who was married to Harrison for 18 years, took home $110 million.

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The cheating scandal was revealed in 2009, and the divorce shortly followed. When Elin Nordegren's divorce finalized with golf pro Tiger Woods, she was set to receive $750 million.

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You may know producer Steven Spielberg from his work in some of the biggest films to have ever been made in Hollywood. But guess what? His divorce from his first wife Amy Irving made significant headlines, too. When their romance fizzled in 1989, Amy reportedly walked away with $100 million.

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It was a millennial wedding of elegant proportions (that dress, that crown!), but unlike those bride and groom pics, Madonna’s eight-year marriage to Guy Richie didn’t last forever. When it ended, Guy Ritchie was supposedly set to receive up to $92 million, with no less than $76 million, from the “Vogue” singer

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Actor Michael Douglas has been married twice (his current wife is Catherine Zeta-Jones) but his marriage to Diandra Douglas is the reason he's on this list. Diandra Douglas received $45 million from her ex-husband at the end of their divorce. The former couple popped back up in the news back in 2011 when she took Michael to court in regards to Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps finances.

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All the Housewives fans out there will remember the divorce drama here! Kelsey and Camille Grammer's marriage wasn't completely dissolved for about two years and the total "uncoupling" (if we put it in Gwyneth's words) added up to about $60 million. Camille reportedly received $30 million of that significant sum.

Mel Gibson was officially married to Robyn Moore for, wait for it, 31 years! As you could imagine, the divorce settlement equaled out to an astronomically high number. It's reported that the couple didn't have a prenup, and Robyn, who has seven children with Mel, left the marriage with $425 million.

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So he's not in movies or anything, but you surely know his name. Rupert Murdoch's first divorce to Anna Torv cost him $1.7 billion. After that, Rupert married and then years later divorced his second wife Wendi Deng. However, the final monetary details in that specific split are sealed.